Different roles for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and CD4+CD28null cells in the acceleration of atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by Farragher et al

Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Feb;60(2):631-2. doi: 10.1002/art.24297.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / blood
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
  • Atherosclerosis / blood
  • Atherosclerosis / complications*
  • Atherosclerosis / immunology
  • CD28 Antigens / analysis
  • CD4 Antigens / analysis
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / immunology
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes, Null / metabolism*
  • Lymphocytes, Null / pathology
  • Peptides, Cyclic / immunology
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / metabolism

Substances

  • CD28 Antigens
  • CD4 Antigens
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • cyclic citrullinated peptide